Re: [PATCH v6 11/11] arm64: dts: mt7986: add BPI-R3 nand/nor overlays
From: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Date: 2022-11-20 16:13:28
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On Sat, Nov 19, 2022 at 08:19:52AM +0100, Frank Wunderlich wrote:
Am 8. November 2022 15:45:49 MEZ schrieb Rob Herring [off-list ref]:quoted
On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 4:05 PM Frank Wunderlich [off-list ref] wrote:quoted
Am 18. November 2022 22:39:52 MEZ schrieb Rob Herring [off-list ref]:quoted
On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 1:01 PM Frank Wunderlich [off-list ref] wrote:quoted
From: Frank Wunderlich <redacted> Add devicetree overlays for using nand and nor on BPI-R3.Can you not tell at runtime which one you booted from? If not, how does one choose which overlay to apply? If you can, why not populate both nodes and enable the right one? IMO, if all h/w is present, it should all be in the DT. Selecting what h/w to use is a separate problem and overlays aren't a great solution for that.It is not the decision about bootdevice,more available devices. Only 1 spi device (nand OR nor) is available at boottime as they share same spi bus and chipselect is set via hw jumper. Both nodes have reg 0,which is imho not supported in linux.As long as one is set to disabled, it should be fine.quoted
I choosed overlays to add the right spi device on the right mmc device where similar selection happens (see patch 10). Either sd OR emmc can be used (1 mmc controller,first 4bits from bus switched by hardware jumper).But for mmc i use it as base fdt because i see mmc as primary device which holds rootfs too. Nand/nor is imho helping device for accessing emmc or like rescue system (only uboot).No way to read the jumper state or know what you booted from I gues?quoted
I probe in uboot if emmc is available (mmc partconf) and choose emmc else sd. For spi i try with sf command to check for nor,if this does not work i apply nand overlay.Instead of applying overlays, wouldn't just changing 'status' be easier?It will be easier,but requires dts for all combinations,we have have sd/emmc combination twice (once for nand enabling,once for nor) and we have then 4 full dts instead of smaller overlays in fit.
No, I mean can't you have 1 dtb with everything, but nand, nor, emmc, and sd are all disabled. Then at boot change 'status' for what's enabled.
So i should add spi subnodes both disabled in base dtsi and create 4 dts (sd-nand,sd-nor,emmc-nand,emmc-nor) with mmc node and enabling the right spi node?quoted
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Signed-off-by: Frank Wunderlich <redacted> --- maybe rename to dtso? "kbuild: Allow DTB overlays to built from .dtso named source files" https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/robh/linux.git/commit/?h=dt/next&id=363547d2191cbc32ca954ba75d72908712398ff2Should i do this?Yes. .dts -> .dtbo is going to be removed.Do this if still using overlays,will test new way. Maybe we can apply parts 1-9 first?
Sure.
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more comments about the dt overlay-support: https://patchwork.kernel.org/comment/25092116/ https://patchwork.kernel.org/comment/25085681/Daniel suggest define sd/emmc as overlay too...with way you mention below we could create 4 full fdt without applying overlays in uboot.Yes, but if you are going to do that, then you can just do all this with includes.This is a third way if i understand correctly Make all of them as overlay (dtso?) but build dtb by combining them in makefile. This looks the best way because it avoids redundand code for mmc node and allows my current spi config (not the status way which may break due to same unit address). I guess my base dtsi is then a dts too?
Yes, it can be.
Or should these overlays only duplicated and either include sd dts or emmc dts (but this creates again redundant code)?quoted
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--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/Makefile +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/mediatek/Makefile@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MEDIATEK) += mt6797-x20-dev.dtb dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MEDIATEK) += mt7622-rfb1.dtb dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MEDIATEK) += mt7622-bananapi-bpi-r64.dtb dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MEDIATEK) += mt7986a-bananapi-bpi-r3-emmc.dtb +dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MEDIATEK) += mt7986a-bananapi-bpi-r3-nand.dtbo +dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MEDIATEK) += mt7986a-bananapi-bpi-r3-nor.dtboThese need rules to apply them to the base dtb(s). You just need: full.dtb := base.dtb overlay.dtb dtb-y += full.dtbI would prefer to do this in bootloader to allow all 4 possible configurations: Sd+nand Sd+nor Emmc+nand Emmc+norThat's fine. The purpose here is to document what the overlays apply to, check that they actually apply, and validate them when applied (unless someone wants to figure out all the issues with validating just an overlay and make that work). You for example have an undocumented compatible in yours (denx,fit).Oh,need to check,copied partitions from my uboot dts...maybe there is a linux version for marking it as fit partition,else i drop completely.
You just need to document it. But the first thing I'm going to say, is 'u-boot' is the vendor, not 'denx'. So 'u-boot,fit'. Rob _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel